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Subcommittee tables bill to extend hazard-duty supplement eligibility to age 67 amid fiscal concerns

2153040 · January 27, 2025

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Summary

HB 2315 would align VALORs members' hazard-duty supplement cutoff age with a different group at 67 but the panel gently tabled the bill after staff estimated a $2.3 million general-fund cost in year two.

Delegate Davis said HB 2315 would allow members of VALORs to receive the same hazard-duty supplement that another group currently receives until age 67; under current law the VALORs cutoff is age 65, the patron said.

A staff fiscal estimate provided to the committee placed the second-year cost at about $2.3 million from the general fund. Committee members said the policy was sympathetic but, given competing budget priorities and the requirement for a balanced budget, they preferred to defer the measure for further consideration.

A motion to "gently lay this on the table" carried by a recorded 4–3 vote.